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Cylinder Seed Vessel

550 - 900 CE
6th-10th century
5 in. (12.7 cm)

Maya, Mexican, (550 CE–900 CE)

Object Type: Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support: Ceramic, polychrome
Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number: 1987.011

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Cylindrical jar; rare decoration of solid black background with overall design of germinating seeds showing primal rootlets in tan with touch of red. Orange-red rim inside top.

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